- The National Assembly will debate and pass the joint committee report before it can be adopted

Two cabinet secretaries are staring at imminent job loss and possible prosecution over the multi-billion sugar import saga that endangered millions of lives of Kenyans and cost the government billions in taxes.

A report by two parliamentary committees implicated National Treasury CS Henry Rotich, former Industrialisation boss Adan Mohamed who is currently in charge of Ministry of East African Community, and ex-Agriculture CS Willy Bett.

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According to the joint parliamentary committee report, the named state officials were responsible for the importation of contraband sugar into the country and therefore should be probed by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).

“The DCI should investigate Rotich to establish the circumstances under which he issued gazette notices that led to importation of excess sugar into the country and loss of taxes,” the report tabled in Parliament on Wednesday, August 1, read in part.

Treasury CS Hnery Rotich was accused of issuing gazette notices that led to the importation of excess sugar into the country and loss of billions in taxesSource: UGC

The committee found former industrialisation boss, Mohamed, who at some point during the sugar scandal clashed with Interior CS Fred Matiang'i following claims the sweetener was contaminated with mercury, also had questions to answer.

In addition, the report revealed the government lost a whopping KSh 10 billion in taxes as a result of the sugar importation outside the gazetted duty-free period.